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On three welfare properties of monopoly in bilateral exchange

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  • Busetto, Francesca
  • Codognato, Giulio
  • Ghosal, Sayantan
  • Turchet, Damiano

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We establish three welfare properties of the model of monopoly introduced by Busetto et al. (2023), where one commodity is held only by the monopolist, represented as an atom, and the other is held only by small traders, represented by an atomless part. First, we prove that a monopoly allocation is Pareto optimal if and only if it is an allocation which corresponds to an efficiency equilibrium. Second, we reformulate a paradox, due to Shitovitz (1997), to show that for any monopoly allocation there is another core allocation, distinct from both a monopoly allocation or a Walras allocation, which is, utility-wise, advantageous for the monopolist and nonadvantageous for the small traders. Finally, we prove a theorem which shows that monopoly is advantageous for the monopolist and nonadvantageous for each trader in the atomless part with respect to all Walras allocations which are not monopoly allocations.

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  • Busetto, Francesca & Codognato, Giulio & Ghosal, Sayantan & Turchet, Damiano, 2025. "On three welfare properties of monopoly in bilateral exchange," Journal of Mathematical Economics, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:mateco:v:119:y:2025:i:c:s0304406825000643
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jmateco.2025.103147
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    • D42 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Monopoly
    • D51 - Microeconomics - - General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium - - - Exchange and Production Economies

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